as in jealousy
a painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too
the green-eyed monster dogged her whenever she visited her wealthy sister
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Recent Examples of green-eyed monster
Users were generous, without the snark of Twitter or any traces of envy, the green-eyed monster that stalks Instagram.
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John Seabrook,
The New Yorker,
5 Dec. 2022
Honour the green-eyed monster, allow it some space in your psyche.
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Amy Klein,
refinery29.com,
12 Sep. 2022
The green-eyed monster can foster environments where people act dishonestly and undermine, belittle or freeze out their colleagues, or even sabotage their work.
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Lesley Evans Ogden,
Discover Magazine,
15 Sep. 2021
John Seabrook,
The New Yorker,
5 Dec. 2022
Honour the green-eyed monster, allow it some space in your psyche.
—
Amy Klein,
refinery29.com,
12 Sep. 2022
The green-eyed monster can foster environments where people act dishonestly and undermine, belittle or freeze out their colleagues, or even sabotage their work.
—
Lesley Evans Ogden,
Discover Magazine,
15 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for green-eyed monster
Noun
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The jealousy that emanates from every pore of this guy is uncontrollable.
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Whether your emotions understood the assignment, an uncomfortable revelation could expose jealousy, control issues, fears or the fact that a power dynamic has shifted.
Noun
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Police investigations showed that the pair are suspected of displaying seditious items and selling publications with seditious content inside the shop, including materials inciting hatred against the city's government, the judiciary and law enforcement agencies, the government said.
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Not drinking seemed to me synonymous with a hatred of pleasure, a fascist quest for purity.
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